@optimuslabs/optimus-discovery-staging@0.4.7
Shadow AI Discovery — daily heuristic scan for AI agents on macOS endpoints; writes a local JSON report.
AI Security Review
scanned 18h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe CLI automatically uploads identifiable machine details and discovery results, while the README explicitly describes the report as local-only and says network transport is future work. The endpoint appears to be the package vendor’s service and the data supports the discovery feature, so this is suspicious undisclosed runtime telemetry rather than clear malicious exfiltration.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
The macOS discovery CLI runs and completes a scan.
Impact
The endpoint receives the hardware UUID, hostname, username, and discovered-agent inventory despite package documentation saying there is no network I/O.
Mechanism
The CLI automatically calls uploadDiscoveryReport, which signs the report with the machine key and POSTs it to the configured Optimus API.
AI rationale
The CLI automatically uploads identifiable machine details and discovery results, while the README explicitly describes the report as local-only and says network transport is future work. The endpoint appears to be the package vendor’s service and the data supports the discovery feature, so this is suspicious undisclosed runtime telemetry rather than clear malicious exfiltration.
Evidence
README.mddist/index.jsdist/upload.js.lpm-dependency-evidence-74d96634-1772-4a8a-a819-676394b433d9/0/npm-linux/dist/endpoint-config.js~/.optimuslabs/management/discovery/latest-report.json~/.optimuslabs/management/auth/auth_key.txt
Network endpoints1
app.optimuslabs.io/endpoint_security/discovery-report/
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 96.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- README.md says the scan has no network I/O and that backend transport ships later.
- Running the CLI wires uploadDiscoveryReport into runCli, which invokes the upload after writing the local report.
- The uploaded payload includes hardware UUID, hostname, username, scan summary, and discovered candidates.
- The uploader POSTs the payload to the configured API base at /endpoint_security/discovery-report/; the dependency’s default host is app.optimuslabs.io.
Evidence against
- The package’s stated purpose is to discover AI agents on macOS and produce an inventory report.
- The upload is signed with the package’s machine authentication key and sent to the configured Optimus endpoint.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
5 flaggeddist/discover.jsView file
15*/
L16: import { execFileSync, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L17: import fs from "node:fs";
High
•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = @optimuslabs/optimus-discovery-staging@0.3.0
matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.3.0
similarity = 0.667
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
High
Previous Version Dangerous Delta
This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.
dist/discover.jsView on unpkgdist/upload.jsView file
68export function resolveHardwareUuid() {
L69: const fromEnv = process.env.OPTIMUS_HARDWARE_UUID?.trim();
L70: if (fromEnv)
L71: return fromEnv;
L72: const ioregOutput = execSync("ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice", {
L73: encoding: "utf8",
...
L81: async function postJsonForAuth(endpointUrl, body) {
L82: const res = await fetch(endpointUrl, {
L83: method: "POST",
Findings
5 High4 Medium5 Low
HighChild Processdist/discover.js
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/upload.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/index.js#virtual:normalized:round1
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/discover.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Native Binaryvendor/rg/darwin-x64/rg
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @optimuslabs/optimus-discovery-staging@0.4.7.
See all versions of @optimuslabs/optimus-discovery-staging for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @optimuslabs/optimus-discovery-staging@0.4.7 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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